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Lifestyle Editor Tommy Allen channels his inner literary muse this week. In the spirit of Dickens and the genre of Clement C. Moore, his poetic musings might be a departure on his usual editorial style, but his message as to why local is better is very much in vogue.

Hark, look up, what is this hum that we hear?
Yonder it approaches, growing louder each year.

Christmas’ incursion approaches; this much we are sure,
I don’t need a calendar or even Christiane Amanpour.

No starry evening’s delight rises from this fresh yuletide horizon.
But varmints are approaching like pop-up ads from Verizon.

Editor's Note: This week's editorial was sparked by a member of the entrepreneurial community who suggested that he felt Amazon's recent pre-Cyber Monday announcement of its delivery drones, said to be appearing in the near future, was really just a nice PR move. Later, I got to wondering what really is our history with such technology but also who are doing more noble gestures as these "creatures" take flight.

So I visited many sites but two made their way into my piece this week that I want to single out here.

I want to commend people like Matternet who are truly using this technology for the sky in a much more noble fashion. I also will admit that, while I am not friendly with Amazon's drone squad, I do find Germany's DonerCopter on the verge of a real win if they can deliver hot on those sandwiches' taste that look amazing on my iPad. - Tommy